Atwater Beach Slope Flying 03-20-06
Posted by Greg Smith on Mar 20, 2006, 21:41
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Finally, some good wind at the local slope. It was coming in nice at
about 18-25 for most of the day at Atwater Beach. Mirko and I made a couple of stops and
Michael took a gander as well. With temps in the low 30's it got cold
pretty quickly, but it was worth it just to get out!
The first time I stopped there I had the hill to myself and got out the
trusty, cold weather ship, my LEG P-51C. When the fingers are cold and
the ground is hard I love the carefree feeling I get flying one of
Jack's EPP warbirds.
I met Mirko at Culver's for a quick bite to eat and then we headed back for a bit more action.
I again flew the P-51C while a couple of onlookers wondered what the
heck we were doing in the cold! Easy hight gain and lots of half-piping
with three and four roll passes were great.
Mirko got out his Hornisse and I shot a couple of pix. Didn't have the
70-200 for some reason but I am trying out a new RAW processor for the
native pix from the Nikon D200 so I shot a few anyway. Maybe tomorrow
I'll have the right gear!
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| Hornisse looking good! |
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| Does this still look good? |
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| Nice grass and bushes |
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| Except for some mud, it's OK |
The Hornisse is one of those planes that just keeps coming back for more! It has more lives than any other sloper I've seen!
Tomorrow is looking as good or better and Dave is supposed to get a break to come out so hope to have a report again tomorrow.
Say, Bye!
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